
This episode discusses the challenges of being a prophet, offers a psalm for encouragement, and highlights scriptural fulfillments in the crucifixion narrative.
JEREMIAH 9-10: Being a prophet is not exactly an easy job. In 7:27 God told him, 7:27 NLT "Tell them all this, but do not expect them to listen. Shout out your warnings, but do not expect them to respond." We'll find that God told the same thing to more than one prophet around this same time. PSALM 142: When you are discouraged, here is a psalm to pray! JOHN 20: There are so many fulfillments of Scripture that happen in the crucifixion chapters in the Gospels that many times the authors didn't take the time to highlight each one of them. The Jewish readers would have picked up on them without the need for an explanation. In verse 36, John highlighted one fulfillment, saying, "This was done to make the scripture come true: 'Not one of his bones will be broken.'" I hope you remember what that was about! See Ps. 34:20, Ex. 12:46, Num. 9:12. If you don't know, I hope this teaser will encourage you, because this is a golden gem. And Jesus' death did not mean that he stopped fulfilling Scriptures. GNT Translation note: Jer. 9:22 Dead bodies are scattered everywhere, like piles of manure on the fields, like grain cut and left behind by the reapers, grain that no one gathers. [And] This…
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